Friday 30 September 2022 07:38 AM Australian passport delays: Sydney dad Josh Davis said errors on application ... trends now
A family's wedding trip to Bali was almost completely derailed thanks to two tiny errors on their passport application.
Sydney dad-of-two Josh Davis has been a courier for 22 years and has seen some odd names with the error made on his daughter Sienna's passport application joining the group.
Mr Davis said he lodged passport renewals for his two children on April 19, six months before they were due to fly to Bali for an October wedding.
'I saw a bit on Facebook about delays because of everyone travelling, so being a worrywart I thought we'll get the kids done now so we get it over and done with,' he told Yahoo News Australia.
Josh Davis said he lodged passport renewals for his two children on April 19, six months before they flew to Bali for an October wedding
Towards the end of August, Mr Davis said he had only received one email about his son's passport being processed but nothing about his daughter.
When he rang the Australian Passport Office (APO) he was told he entered the email wrong on his daughter's passport, a claim he disputed because he said his wife wrote it all out and 'she's got very neat writing'.
When Mr Davis' son's passport arrived, there was no sign of his daughter's so he called the Passport Office again.
When he asked where his daughter Sienna's passport was, he was told, 'that's not the name I've got here'.
Finally on September 10, the passport office realised its mistake.
'It was spelt Siwnna, which is nothing like Sienna', he said.
'But as I said to my wife and friends, surely there's got to be some sort of security check, you know
